Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-01

Il greater inherent vitality than man
Or. Foote's Health Monthly.
\ hen, half black Spanish and half
game. has been doing a land Office bust
ness at Rolla, Mo. She laid her first egg
on the 10Th day of May, 1856. and has
continued to lay an egg every day since.
She went 10 setting as soon as she laid
her first egg, and is still on her nest
she comes of every morning to get water
ana food and then goes back. She has
Matched one egg day except the first
three weeks of her career. She has now
been laying one year and is the mother
and hatcher of of 344 chickens. one-half
pulletS and the other half roosters-and
she still looks well.
The sons of the late Extra Billy
Smith OF Virginia. were fond of adventure.
His oldest son, William Smith, was a mid
shipman in the navy and was lost i'm the
Indian ocean. Austin Smith. the great
bowie-knife fighter. was killed at the bat
tie of Seven Pines. Peter Bell Smith was
accidentally killed by a pistol soon after
the war. James Caleb Smith and Col.
Thomas smith figured prominently as
dueliStS. OF Extra Billy's" children
nut three survive him. a daughter. Col.
homas smith and Capt. Frederick Smith
of New Mexico.
The largest dam in the world is 10 be
built acros, the upper end of the San
Maieo canon. about four miles west of the
village OF San Matno. The dam viii con-
~i~t OF solid wall Of concrete from hillside /
10 hillside. u will Ice 700 feet long. 40 /
iect high, 10 feet thick at the base. and I
% icet thick at the top The reservoir /
which viii Ice formed by this dam will F..
nave capacity of -, 0OO. 600 gallons. and .
some time in the future will be connected
with the san Francisco watershed bv a
tunnel five miles long.
During the recent visit of Mr.. Chamber
lain and Jesse Ceilings to scotland two
skye crofiers were discussing the political
Quoth one. "Weel. Angus.
md what do YOU think of this Master
chamberlain that's to be here the norm"
10 which the other replied "Weel Don
I'D. he maun be a very bad man. travelling
'bout wi woman wi different name "
wi woman Eli. mon, some one has
'ecn foOlin ye. INA, ma. It's true.
hey tellcd me she's one Jesse Ceilings"
Joe Welch. II years old. has arrived at
lelena. NJ. T., from county Armagh. Ire
and. after travelling all the way alone.
ie had tag pinned on his coat, labeled:
Send this boy 10 Helena, Montana. and Q
g good To him. He is an orphan. Al
lough the boy talks little but Irish Gaelic
e III derstandS English. and at times on u
Is long trip he would 90 astray while I'm
-ansit from the steamer TO the railroad p
mt coach 10 vessel, but his label got him |
trough all right o
Pullman conductor ON the Delaware
Iackawanna road had an experience
'me time ago that he will not soon forget :
oming ont of the depot az Elmra he was g
10y dude with an eyegass and II
big cane, who said: Jaw. going To Buff c
10 tonight? Bet Your life we are. = '
lswered the conductor rather brusquely. q
lac hurried to his car. When he got to il
ew York ne was suspended for ten DAYS g
r lnciNllity TO passengers. The dude 9
a a spotter b
Major Raihbone who has been appoint 81
consul general TO Paris, is man of n
edium hight, full figure. with a bald il
al, gray mustache and a lorid complex
n. He Is about ~ yeaIs of age He is q
'althy and so is his wife. Both of them G
eak French fuently Major Rathbone 81
fond of society, i, a good Walter and
Ii shine in the bathrooms of Paris with +
)rilliancy becoming consul general of al
e United States. -
y Minneapolis lady. making her way -
rough a crowd on the street the other s.
y. accidentally pushed small boot ~
TEX into the gutter. She instantly -
pped and said: My boy. excuse me: | al
not mean 10 push you" The little OF
low stared at her moment, and then. II,
ming 10 his companion, said: 'Sav. "a
ckey, I'd be pushed off n the walk every oa
: To have a real lady talk to me that ca
""
The fund for the monument TO Theo- ca
e Parker over his grave i'm Florence tn
ly, is growing steadily. Contributions Li
ne from all parts of the world. Sonora -
lcepcion Arenal. the Spanish author -
reformer subScribeS. saving: Parker
far from the spot where he was born.
he does not lie i'm a foreign land The =
ntry of such aman is the whole earth. - IA
| woman entered the smoking ear ON Il
eastbound Wabash train at Roam. Ind. y
other day. and a few minutes after She y
down was enyeloped i'm flames. which
eXtinguished with great difficulty.
had seated herself on a lighted cigar
,. which had ignited her dress and 4
n the cellulOid hustle which she wore. ~
Irs. John Tanning found an egg on a M
e near her home at Milford. H..
ch she took to the house and cooked
ate. Alarming symptoms of being H..
0ned soon came. and "a physician was "'1
moned, and with great difficulty her
was saved. The egg which had arse Ian
ingeniously injected, was placed on